Development of the spatial pattern of 5-HT-induced locomotor rhythm in the lumbar spinal cord of rat fetuses in vitro

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-111

  Iizuka, Makito ^a   Nishimaru, Hiroshi ^b   Kudo, Norio ^b  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Fetal rat; In vitro; Locomotion; Serotonin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; STRYCHNINE;

ARTICLE; FETUS; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; FETAL MOVEMENT; GLYCINE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 0031875773     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(98)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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